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An interview by a Growing Brave Conference Planning committee member, talking with Harish Rao: parent, Los Angeles sangha member, and practitioner
by Marcelle Gilkerson
Marcelle: Let me start by asking, what drew you to Shambhala?
Harish Rao: I have always had a fascination with Indian culture and Tibetan mysticism. Polytheism ... continuePosted August 5, 2017 by CGH

Some background to help us understand a supplication chant to Guru Rinpoche
by Russell Rodgers
Buddhism’s tremendous success in Tibet can be traced to the activities of an eighth century Indian yogi named Padmasambhava, known by Tibetans as “Guru Rinpoche.” His story is important for us here in ... continuePosted June 16, 2017 by CGH

We continue exploring the Shambhala chants with a look at the Kagyu lineage supplication
by Russell Rodgers
Kagyu Monlam,
The Kagyu lineage is one of the three main Tibetan lineages that form the basis of Shambhala Buddhism. Each of these lineages contributed a unique approach to enlightenment. The particular ... continuePosted October 21, 2016 by CGH

from Lamen Kyi-Khyap, Acharya Mitchell M. Levy
Office of International Affairs, Shambhala International
We would like to inform you of the discovery of Penor Rinpoche’s Yangsi (reincarnation). He was discovered through a prophecy letter written by His Holiness Jadrel Rinpoche. The Yangsi was born in Tibet, near Lhasa, ... continuePosted December 7, 2013 by

By Holly Gayley
The revelation of terma, or “treasures,” is a distinctive way that new lineages and cycles of teachings are established in Tibetan Buddhism. Since the eleventh century, terma has provided a mechanism for innovation in Tibet, framed as the recovery of ancient wisdom that is ... continuePosted July 4, 2010 by Holly

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa will be streamed live from Dharmasala beginning today or tomorrow, June 17-18, depending our your location. He will be teaching on Dhagpo Rinpoche’s (Gampopa’s) Lam-chog Rinchen Trengwa or Precious Garlands of Supreme Path.The series of talks will be simultaneously translated into ... continuePosted June 17, 2010 by

After a pilgrimage to India and Nepal, Carolyn Gimian contemplates the incredible gift Chogyam Trungpa gave us — a connection to the unbroken lineage of the Buddha.
April 4th approaches. On this day in 1987 Chogyam Trungpa passed into nirvana. (For those not familiar with ... continuePosted April 2, 2010 by

By Walt Hernandez
One of the Kagyu mystics once said, “Being in the Kagyu tradition, the Kagyu lineage, is like inheriting constant mishaps. Constant mishaps. That’s true. If you are actually in contact with reality, and particularly if you are in control of reality, then you ... continuePosted August 29, 2009 by

Making the journey of warriorship depends first of all on your personal realization of genuineness and basic goodness. Ultimately, giving up selfishness, or ego, is only possible if you have a living, human example—someone who has already done so, and therefore makes it possible for ... continuePosted April 3, 2009 by Jennifer Holder

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